Rebuild RS4 gearbox?

[DamoM]

With the power that's going through my gearbox it's no surprise that it's started to give up the ghost a bit. Idler shaft is very noisy, bit of a crunch 1st to 2nd and sometimes baulks going into first.

Question is whether it's worth picking up a 2nd hand unit off of a standard car or whether anyone has experience of getting one rebuilt (if indeed this is economically feasible)?

[rtd]

When i get mine done i have a dogdy 1st to 2nd synchro i will be using this firm Olton Transmissions 0121 745 8089. They have done work on other RS cars in the past.

[Blue_Thunder]

Loads of info on this over on AudiSRS. General consensus seems to be "buyer beware" when buying a 2nd hand box as many of them have worn synchros and/or whine. JHM do a full rebuild kit including the uprated synchro kit. It's not cheap to do a proper job though.

[DamoM]

Loads of info on this over on AudiSRS. General consensus seems to be "buyer beware" when buying a 2nd hand box as many of them have worn synchros and/or whine. JHM do a full rebuild kit including the uprated synchro kit. It's not cheap to do a proper job though.

Thanks for that. Had a quick look for JHM but couldn't find anything?